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Russia will introduce reciprocal restrictions on Lithuanian memorial projects as a reply to the Baltic nation's recent toughening of rules regulating Russian memorials, the Foreign Ministry has stated.

Deputy speaker of the Russian Lower House has described the Lithuanian president’s warning about looming Russian military aggression as “black lies” and called for an end to irresponsible and false political games.

Thousands of troops are taking part in three major NATO drills in Poland and the Baltic States, with the US-led military bloc saying the war games aren’t aimed at provoking Russia, but rather improving cooperation between allies.

A massive military exercise called Siil 2018 is underway in Estonia, with 15,000 troops from over a dozen nations participating. Estonia rallied one percent of its population for the drill, the largest draft in its modern history.